This program has the potential to be major net gain for our society. We have the largest incarcerated population in the world. We have mental health and opioid

This program has the potential to be major net gain for our society. We have the largest incarcerated population in the world. We have mental health and opioid crises. Our current models of policing are ineffective and inhumane. I hope that these health professionals become far more widespread and are held in as high regard as firefighters who also risk being seriously injured or worse.